Reply #22: No way...

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Trade is not always liberal. Only when it is fair is it liberal. Free trade is nothing more than exploitation, something the west has gotten down pat.

Free thinking is scorned in America, at best. In that regard, we are extremely conservative. Throughout the world, liberal policies have succeeded IN SPITE of the environment, not because of it.

Saudi Arabia trades quite a bit, does that make them liberal?

Socialism has done extremely well in Cuba, Venezuela, El Salvador, Sweden, Canada (to a lesser extent) and other countries. I would argue that socialism has succeeded more than liberal capitalism.

I would agree that many European nations are FAR more liberal than America is, and that would help explain why that relationship has become volatile. America is reactionary; Europe is moving more to the left...that is a central reason to why there is a conflict. However, Europe is also the beneficiary of disgusting imperialism and exploitation, and has not done enough to mend the wounds it has created.

Having a mixed market means nothing for a country; their actions and sentiments mean everything. In this way, most of the countries who favor "free" trade (specifically the G8 countries) are very RW.

America is becoming quite fascist. Other countries are moving somewhat to the left, but still practice exploitation and imperialism, which makes them right-wing in many respects. Many countries are dictatorships and fascist states, some of which are backed by the US. All this points to the conclusion that liberalism is succeeding in some ways, but is being attacked and threatened by reactionaries and right-wing policies in many others.